Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki / Rozhdestvensky, Morosova, Et Al

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November 21, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR ILYICH
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Lirico Di Caglia
    • PERFORMER
      Rozhdestvenski, Morosova, Popov, Semciuk, Schagidullin
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    2. Act I Scene 1: Duet: Ah, how silvery the moon shines, how clearly and far we can see! (Solocha, Bes)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ludmila Semciuk, Albert Schagidullin

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    3. Act I Scene 1: She's got really warmed up, she's shaken, she's on fire! (Bes, Solocha, Chorus of Spirits, Cub, Panas)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Albert Schagidullin, Ludmila Semciuk, Vladimir Ognovenko

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    4. Act I Scene 2: Aria: Just look at the snowstorm! (Oksana)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    5. Act I Scene 2: A little apple tree was blossoming in the garden, it was in flower but it has withered (Oksana)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    6. Act I Scene 2: Scene: She never takes her eyes off herself, and then she even praises her own beauty out loud! (Vakula, Oksana)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Valeri Popov, Ekaterina Morosova

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    7. Act I Scene 2: Scene: Just look at you! (Oksana, Cub, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Vladimir Ognovenko, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    8. Act I Scene 2: Scene and Duet: What's all this noise? (Oksana, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    9. Act I Scene 2: Last Scene: If only people were a bit more intelligent, a bit more perspicacious, a bit braver … (Oksana, Vakula, Chorus of Youngsters, Chorus, The Girls)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    10. Act II Scene 1: Intermezzo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    11. Act II Scene 1: Scene: The storm has swept my broomstick away (Solocha, Bes)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ludmila Semciuk, Albert Schagidullin

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    12. Act II Scene 1: Scene: Now that's what I call snow! (Golova, Solocha)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Barseg Tumanyan, Ludmila Semciuk

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    13. Act II Scene 1: Scene: Is anyone in? (Schoolmaster, Solocha)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ludmila Semciuk

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    14. Act II Scene 1: Song: A woman runs after the devil, she has made friends with the accursed (Schoolmaster, Solocha)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ludmila Semciuk

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    15. Act II Scene 1: Scene: Greetings! (Cub, Solocha, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Vladimir Ognovenko, Ludmila Semciuk, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    16. Act II Scene 1: Quintet: I don't feel well … (Schoolmaster, Solocha, Bes, Golova, Cub, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Vladimir Okenko, Ludmila Semciuk, Albert Schagidullin, Barseg Tumanyan

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    17. Act II Scene 1: Arioso: A year has gone by and here they are calling me again to go and sing the koljakdki (Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    18. Act II Scene 2: Good evening! Good evening! (Chorus, Old Men and Women)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    19. Act II Scene 2: Scene and Song: Oksana, why are you so late? (Chorus, Oksana, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    20. Act II Scene 2: My shoes aren't very big (Oksana, Chorus)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    21. Act II Scene 2: Last Scene: Ah, Vakula, you're here again (Oksana, Vakula, Chorus, Cub)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Valeri Popov, Vladimir Ognovenko

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    22. Act III Scene 1: Intermezzo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    23. Act III Scene 1: Scene: It is dark, too dark (Chorus of Undines, Wood Spirit)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    24. Act III Scene 1: Scene and Song: Where have I come to? To the river? (Vakula, Echo)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    25. Act III Scene 1: Scene and Song: Who knows, my girl, if your heart can feel my pain, my terrible pain? (Vakula, Bes)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Valeri Popov, Albert Schagidullin

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    26. Act III Scene 2: We are there (Bes, Vakula, An Old Cossack, Chorus, Guard) - Scene 3: Polonaise: Have I reached heaven? (Vakula, Master of Ceremonies, Chorus of Cossacks, His Serene Highness … )

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Albert Schagidullin, Valeri Popov, František Zahradníček

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    27. Act III Scene 3: Song: Before we start the dances, allow me, my friends, to declaim an ode (His Serene Highness, Chorus of Courtiers, Chorus)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Grigory Osipov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    28. Act III Scene 3: Minuet: Did you have a good journey? (His Serene Highness, Chorus of Cossacks, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Grigory Osipov, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    29. Act III Scene 3: Russian Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    30. Act III Scene 3: Cossack Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    31. Act III Scene 3: In the Czarina's family theatre they are about to start a play with a song … (Master of Ceremonies, Bes, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Albert Schagidullin, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    32. Act IV Scene 1: Duet: Some say he threw himself into the river! (Solocha, Oksana)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ludmila Semciuk, Ekaterina Morosova

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    33. Act IV Scene 1: Finale: We invite you to our house (Chorus of Women, Oksana, Chorus, Chorus of Men)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    34. Act IV Scene 1: If you want to drink honey, come with us to the Jewess's house! (Chorus, Cub, Golova, Panas, Solocha, Vakula)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Vladimir Ognovenko, Barseg Tumanyan, Valentin Prolat

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    35. Act IV Scene 1: Strong winds, do not blow in the thick woods (Chorus, Oksana, Solocha, Vakula, Cub)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Teatro Lirico Chorus, Teatro Lirico Orchestra

      Performer: Ekaterina Morosova, Ludmila Semciuk, Valeri Popov

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky



In 1874 Tchaikovsky composed an opera, Vakula the Smith, that like many of his operatic works, failed with the public. Years later in 1885, Tchaikovsky resurrected the work, refashioned it, and renamed it Cherevichki, which translates as The Little Shoes. The plot still centers around Vakula, who is in love with the beautiful Oksana, who has him so wrapped around her little finger that she drives him to thoughts of suicide with her indifferent posturing. Oksana informs Vakula he can again win her love only by securing the slippers worn by the Czarina herself, a task Vakula accomplishes with the aid of the captured and subdued devil. Vakula returns triumphant, and Oksana, true to form, declines the slippers, stating that Vakula's love is treasure enough for her. (Gee, thanks a lot, babe!) Yes, of course there are more characters and subplots involved, but you get the gist of the story.

For this tale Tchaikovsky provided his characteristic melodic, passionate, dramatic music, including quite a few tuneful arias. Actually, a lot of it sounds like Swan Lake, and while there may not be passages of haunting despair of the type found in Eugene Onegin (with its Pathétique pre-echoes), there are plenty of emotionally intense moments, especially from Vakula, sung with tremendous feeling by Valerij Popov. Ekaterina Morosova combines the sweet and the tart with a beautiful voice to bring the facile Oksana to life, while her father, Cub, gets a warmly gruff portrayal by Vladimir Ognovenko.

As in Onegin, Act 3 features a seemingly obligatory extended solo for bass, the character in this case being His Serene Highness, sung in a dull but appropriately ceremonial manner by Grigory Osipov. Gennady Rozhdestvensky again proves his long-held Tchaikovsky credentials, reveling in the score's balletic passages and dramatic climaxes, all the while getting the Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari to sound like Russian orchestras of old. The live recording balances the voices (including the excellent chorus) and orchestra very well, bringing the drama right into the theater. The included applause reveals a strangely tepid audience response after each act, except at the very end.
--Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com